Hindu Art

Art takes form in music, visuals, architecture such as temples/buildings, sculptures, and paintings.

﻿﻿Henna Tattoo﻿﻿

Henna comes from the Henna plant, which is a flowering plant that can grow up to 15 feet high. The plant contains a reddish orange dye that binds to a protein in our skin and creates the stain. The leaves of the henna plant is crushed and made into a paste to begin the Henna tattoo. The Art of Henna has been practiced for over 5,000 years. It is said that the Henna paste gives an air condition affect to cool down their bodies from the heat of the desert. As long as the henna stains remain on the body, the cooling properties will work. Henna is used for culture purposes, such as for weddings, holidays and birthdays, for blessings and many more. The medicinal property of the Henna is healing. It heals any pain of the body, open wounds, it helps prevent sunburn, it can be used as an insect repellent, and prevents hair loss.

Famous Sculptures

﻿﻿The Hindu God Brahma, creator of the universe, is made into a granite stoned sculpture and displayed in the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco. He has four faces, but the sculpture only shows three. This sculpture of The Hindu deity Brahma is one of the famous sculptures for the Hindu religion. The Asian Art Museum has several other Hindu deities sculptures like The Hindu deity Vishnu with Lakshmi and Sarasvati﻿﻿, The Hindu deity Surya flanked by Pingala and Danda, and The Hindu deity Shiva as divine teacher.

Performing Arts

Music, dance, drama and visual arts make up the performing arts of the Hindu religion. Chant verses and invocations were provided from the Vedas. The purpose of performing arts is to create Rasa; the mood in an individual. There are folk and classical types of dancing with their own distinctive styles. Some dances are offerings to gods, and some to represent truth.